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To: Fiddlstix
Methinks you need to check your math......

Maybe it's ten years in ship time, since the ship is traveling at relativistic speeds and time would appear to slow down for them. From our perspective back on earth, it would take them 50,002 years if they could accelerate instantly to near light speed.

38 posted on 02/18/2010 3:35:55 PM PST by FateAmenableToChange
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To: FateAmenableToChange
if they could accelerate instantly to near light speed.

And if you can do that, or even a small fraction of it, you need inertial dampers to prevent your crew from becoming chunky salsa.

55 posted on 02/18/2010 3:42:18 PM PST by Sloth (Civil disobedience? I'm afraid only the uncivil kind is going to cut it this time.)
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